AnAge entry for Callosciurus notatus
Classification (HAGRID: 03549)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
- Species
- Callosciurus notatus
- Common name
- Plantain squirrel
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 14.8 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Tiny
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One animal was still alive after 14.8 years in captivity [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- Weaning
- Litter size
- 3.07 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 190 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- Maximum longevity residual
- 135%
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 632334
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